quote [ When disaster strikes along British Columbia?s coast, Indigenous rescuers are often the first on the scene. Government-led initiatives are now formally recognizing that work. ]

quote [ The article?s argument [about Internet porn] is that the presentation of porn - and people?s sense of what other people?s sexual interests are - is shaped by algorithms that respond to the sharp difference between what people want to see and what people are willing to pay for.
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The collective perspectives that emerge from social media - our understanding of what the public is and wants - are similarly shaped by algorithms that select on some aspects of the public, while sidelining others. And we tend to orient ourselves towards that understanding ]

quote [ Nope, Not Arabic is an archive of things that are not Arabic. It documents instances of butchered Arabic script in public, from major motion pictures to billboards to video games and everything in between. ]

quote [ This and that, really. Just a little personal blog where I talk about what I'm up to and interesting links I've found. ]

quote [ Chewing-gum workouts for sharper jawlines. Specialty products for feathered bangs. So. Much. Cologne. ]

quote [ In England, a movement is growing to defy enclosure by trespassing on private land. These transgressions aim to model a more democratic relationship with nature. ]

quote [ A famous punk-music personality reveals he was in it for the money?a revelation that has upset fans. But to be fair, the algorithm pushed him in that direction. ]

quote [ ?There?s this sense that we must do everything ourselves, and I actually think it?s a beautiful thing to open yourself up to help and to not turn it down when it?s offered,? Morris says. ?But people just need to get over that hump.? ]

quote [ Indigenous fishermen on the Atlantic Coast have spent centuries?and millions of dollars?trying to get the government to uphold treaties made in the 1700s. And younger generations aren?t giving up. ]

quote [ For what it?s worth, I don?t get this overloaded feeling about text. [?] Maybe it?s because text kind of inherently culls out uninterested people and we all kind of accept this. You?re not going to ?consume? all the text unless you?re genuinely interested, while with images you can kind of consume them in passing. ]